Brie

Trainer

Brie

WHERE SHE GREW UP: Buck County – lived in Cape Town, South Africa.

ABOUT BRIE: Brianne (friends call her Brie) has been physically active her entire life. After college, she moved to South Africa and enjoyed a successful career in acting and painting there. Her story of perseverance is truly amazing – 8 years ago she was in a major vehicle accident and suffered a broken neck and a head injury. She could not walk, talk, or perform every day movements. For many, this would have been the end of normalcy, but not for Brianne. She underwent nine months of intensive, grueling physical therapy, and had to re-learn how to speak, walk and move again. Her relentless determination paid off – she is the most graceful, active, expressive and dynamic person you’ll ever meet. To say Brie has a passion for life is an understatement, and she channels it by touching the lives of countless others, bringing them hope and joy in their darkest moments. In her free time, Brie is a volunteer at a local hospital where she facilitates painting and music sessions with stroke patients. She is a strong advocate for bringing art in its various forms into the special needs community and teaches dance fitness classes to hospital’s patients and staff. In Brianne’s words, “People inspire me; their life stories, where they have been, what they know. Being able to put a smile on their face makes it all worth it. My accident served as a catalyst that helped transform my life, and now I am paying it forward”.

TRAINING PHILOSOPHY: Process and personal satisfaction, not perfection. Participants in Brie’s classes may not remember everything she’s said or demonstrated but they will remember how special and empowered they felt. All she wants is to encourage, challenge, laugh, inspire, and above all push you beyond your limits to feel and be your personal best. Brie is a very hands-on instructor – she will sweat with you! She is also prone to spurts of creativity that can occur at any time during her class, so you are never bored or feel like you are stuck in the same routine.

THINGS SHE LOVES TO DO: Brie is very multifaceted. She is a dancer. She is an artist – she paints large commissioned pieces. She is an awesome cook– she finds wine, music, home cooked meal and the company of good friends to be great mood lifters. Brie jokingly calls herself a “champion food eater” – she loves her food! Spending time with family is very important to Brie – they are a close knit bunch.

FAVORITE QUOTE: The toughest of steel is forged in the hottest of fires”

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A word from the owner

The story of how RJS came to life goes as follows. Many years ago, at age seventeen I moved to the US from Siberia, college- and better life-bound. Throughout my life, I could not imagine myself without sports, starting with figure skating at age six and later competing in swimming and diving. After college, I expand the list of my recreational sports and activities by getting hooked on running, biking, strength training, downhill skiing and scuba diving, and all kinds of group fitness classes. Moving was always a passion, a necessity, a way of life.

When I first tried “spinning”, or indoor cycling, it was love at first pedal. After brief period of adjusting to the “bike seat experience” (it truly does take a couple of times to get used to the feeling), I lost myself – and many extra pounds – in the beat, the sweat, the music, and all the rest of the benefits that came with it. The best part of it was that the bike, unlike many of my other outdoor hobbies, was not dependent on the weather – my workouts happened rain or shine. As I traveled the world for work or pleasure, I took advantage of trying the spinning classes in all kinds of studios and couldn’t get enough of the different styles, instructors and the endorphins that flooded my body after each workout. A few years into my sweaty hobby, decided to get to the other side of the podium by getting certified as a Spinning® instructor.

Somewhere along my fitness journey, I got another passion – the joy of jumping. I was first introduced to the low impact benefits of a rebounder in circuit based training, and realized it to be a great alternative to the jarring impact of plyometric movements on a hard surface. I found a cheap rebounder on Craigslist and started to incorporate it into my home fitness routines. Sometime after that I discovered that rebounder – or mini trampoline – can be used in a group fitness setting, delivering a fun, low impact, full body cardio and conditioning experience. The trampoline classes I tried at several boutique studios felt more like a jumping party than a workout, yet produced amazing results. After doing additional research, I was surprised to learn that the joy of jumping also comes with a long list of health benefits. That’s how the idea of combining two fun, effective class offerings like indoor cycling and trampoline into one boutique fitness studio, where like-minded fitness enthusiasts could have fun and achieve results, began to come to life.

After deciding to pursue my dream, I spent a lot of time researching and designing exactly the type of a fitness studio that I myself would want to be a part of, creating and a community that I would want to anchor myself to. A place where people of all kinds of shapes, ages, fitness levels and walks of life would come together to experience the joy and fun of jumping, riding and building up their health. A place where you could see results – in numbers, of how hard you work and push yourself, and in the reflection in the mirror – to move you further in the journey of becoming a more confident, healthier, happier you. A place that offered the best instructor talent and impeccable customer service, where every detail and interaction were meticulously thought out. And so the RJS was born, existing with a single mission - to give its clients an experience like no other, “the most fun you’ll ever have while getting fit!”

I can’t wait to welcome you to our RJS family – and watch you “Ride, Jump, Sweat to your "happy"!